No spoilers here, but if you do want to go in completely blind to Deadpool & Wolverine I would stop reading now. Still here? Ok, how do we even start with this one? It’s equally easy to either be cynical about this endeavour or completely fanboy all over it and treading the line between these two extremes is key. Make no mistake, this is a film for the fans and finally aligns these two iconic characters, brings them to Marvel Studios and, effectively, into the MCU and also se

A nostalgia storm is coming and it might just be enough to change the winds of mainstream cinema. As superhero universes and franchises begin to fall to the wayside, an era of legacy sequels and old-skool blockbusters seems to be upon us. Twisters is the latest entry to this wave and, against all the odds, is actually a great example of why and how this sort of thing can work. It simply feels fresh, despite its old-fashioned feel, because we haven’t seen something like this i

As cool as Austin Butler taking a drag of a cigarette over Jodie Comer’s Chicagoan narration and shots of Tom Hardy, Boyd Holbrook and Michael Shannon cruising across American highways may be, The Bikeriders falls frustratingly short of greatness. What clearly wants to be the Goodfellas of biker gang stories, and clearly showing real dedication to its source material if the photos over the credits are anything to go by, just doesn’t quite cohere into a truly satisfying story.

Capping off an exceptional trilogy, MaXXXine is yet another triumph for A24. Ti West’s slasher horror series has kept themes, characters, scares and smarts but split across three wildly different instalments. The fact that many a debate will be had about which is the best is the sign of a remarkable franchise. For me, as much as X’s Texas Chainsaw Massacre homage is gruesome fun and Pearl is a hugely original and disturbing flip of Technicolor classics, this finale just clinc

Kinds of Kindness is a difficult film to review. A review should always act as that balance between positing the viewer's opinion whilst, also, acting as a sort-of recommendation service for those reading. Is Kinds of Kindness a film to recommend? To most, absolutely not. Is it a beautifully shot, wonderfully original and impeccably performed film that, at its core, has a lot to recommend it? Yes. That sort of contradictory statement is exactly what Yorgos Lanthimos is all ab

A franchise should always deserve praise for trying new things, keeping the level of quality consistent across films and attempting to expand the wider story. Playing the prequel card is a divisive one when looking to tick those boxes but it’s something A Quiet Place: Day One pulls off with aplomb. Whilst it’s a shame to delay the resolution to the story after Part II, reverting back to the first day of the disaster enables an entirely different formula and a fresh approach t

Pixar’s imagination continues to know no bounds and Inside Out 2 gives us their best sequel since the Toy Story franchise. After a recent run of movies that, perhaps, haven’t been as talked about as they should have been (from Onward to Elemental) this feels like a sure-fire critical and commercial banker. In my estimation, the first Inside Out actually comes out right at the top of Pixar’s luminous and esteemed catalogue and, whilst this film doesn’t quite top the first one,

As much as any additional information on the inhabitants of the Wasteland in Mad Max: Fury Road was something that would be hugely welcomed, following up that absolute masterpiece of a film was a daunting undertaking, to say the least. Incredibly, George Miller’s prequel: Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga lives up to its predecessor and can boldly stand alongside it. You’ll find some (myself included) who hold the opinion that Fury Road is a contender for the greatest action film of al

IF, like The Fall Guy before it, is delightfully old-skool. Unfortunately, like The Fall Guy before it, I feel this isn’t something that modern audiences want. It’s strange, as both films feel relatively fresh in an over-saturated current climate. IF is a family/kids film like they don’t make anymore. An Amblin-esque, sedately-paced, 90’s-feeling film with John Krasinski behind the camera. It stands out for reasons both good and ill. The style, maturity, pace, tone and design

I’m not too sure I can think of a franchise, superheroes exempt, that has ‘rebooted’ for the third (arguably fourth time if you count the Tim Burton remake) and kept the quality this consistent. Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes is another in a growing line of quality movies in this series. This is the first of a new trilogy set after the events of Rise/Dawn/War and, supposedly, leading up to the events of the 1968 original. The aforementioned were perfect examples of how to

The Fall Guy has brought the fact that stunt performers are not afforded Oscars recognition by having their own award into light and may just bring about a pretty significant industry change. That just in itself would be enough of an offering but the fact that the film is also an absolutely solid action/comedy summer blockbuster is a bonus. The sort of film just not really prevalent enough this follows in the path of Argylle, Bullet Train, The Lost City et al. as a thoroughly

Apparently, it seems a requirement to star in a tennis movie after playing the key love interest role in a Spider-Man franchise. Strange, coincidental jokes aside, Luca Guadagnino’s Challengers isn’t really a tennis movie at all, despite featuring an awful lot of the sport. Instead, the game is merely a conduit in which to channel the trauma, aggression, obsession and competition of a decade-long tryst. Two young tennis prodigies Art and Patrick obsess over Tashi, seemingly t